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Characters
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Patrick Star
- Nat Peterson
- Thaddeus
- Sea urchins
- Green soil (debut)
- Swallower (debut)
- Rock Bottom Bus Station manager (debut)
- Grandpa SquarePants (mentioned and depicted by SpongeBob)
- Gary the Snail (mentioned)
- Angler Fish (debut)
- Other Rock Bottomites (debut)
Synopsis
SpongeBob and Patrick board a bus in order to get home from Glove World!, a glove-themed amusement park that they enjoy. They accidentally board the wrong bus, which then takes them down a cliff. The cliff leads to a sort of aphotic zone called Rock Bottom, inhabited by multiple strange deep-sea animals. SpongeBob tells Patrick to wait while he goes to try and find a bus schedule. While SpongeBob is gone searching, Patrick gets on the bus to go home but accidentally leaves SpongeBob behind. SpongeBob tries to find a bus that will take him more but nothing happens.
After several unsuccessful attempts to get on the bus, SpongeBob heads to the bus station and waits in a very long line. By the time he gets to the front, he finds out that the last bus to Bikini Bottom
will leave in a few seconds, but before he has time to react, it pulls away from the station. The ticketmaster leaves for the night, shutting off the lights in the process. SpongeBob, who is starting to show fear, takes out his glove flashlight, but the battery shorts out, leaving him in total darkness. As he stands alone in the station giving himself a pep-talk, he hears the familiar raspberry sound echoing, and makes a mad dash back to the cliff. The raspberry sound is getting closer, and SpongeBob cowers in fear, yelling out a weak threat. As the creature closes in, a bright light engulfs SpongeBob, and he lets out a scream. He is relieved when he noticed the light is coming from a friendly-looking anglerfish creature who found SpongeBob's lost glove balloon. SpongeBob sarcastically thanks him for solving the balloon problem but begins rambling about his other problem: trying to get home. The anglerfish blows up the balloon and ties it to SpongeBob's wrist. SpongeBob makes another sarcastic comment about how the balloon already has enough air, while closing his eyes and blowing raspberries. He opens his eyes to see he's floating in the air and understands the anglerfish was helping him using the unorthodox method of balloon travel. He thanks the anglerfish for his help, who replies with a polite "you're welcome" and waves goodbye. SpongeBob is able to take the currents back to Bikini Bottom and directly to the front of his house. After he lands the balloon pops and the episode ends with Patrick, riding on the bus, making his way back to Rock Bottom thinking SpongeBob is still stuck there.
Production
Art
Music
| ( ‣ ) Production music |
| ( • ) Original music |
| ( ◦ ) SpongeBob music |
‣ Moon Walk - John Fox [title card]
‣ Roll Up Waltz [#11.05] - Andrew J J Hall [opening at Glove World!]
‣ SpongeBob Closing Theme - Steve Belfer, Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob and Patrick on the bus]
‣ Missile Disaster - John Fox [Bikini Bottom City Limits]
‣ On Fire - Gregor F. Narholz [bus drives down a cliff]
‣ Moon Walk - John Fox [SpongeBob and Patrick in Rock Bottom]
‣ Mavericks - The Woodies* [SpongeBob chasing the bus]
‣ Hawaiian Link (b) - Richard Myhill [waiting for next bus]
‣ Vibe Link (b) - Richard Myhill ["Uh-oh, shoe's untied."]
‣ Hawaiian Link (a) - Richard Myhill [SpongeBob still waiting]
‣ Grass Skirt Chase - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [The wind blows SpongeBob's balloon away]
‣ Hawaiian Adventures SpongeBob Theme - Jeremy Wakefield, Sage Guyton [someone chases SpongeBob's balloon.]
‣ Kamakani (b) - Kapono Beamer ["Well, there goes another one."]
‣ Orchestral Effect (f) - Dick Stephen Walter [glove candy dispenser]
‣ Seaweed - Steve Belfer [SpongeBob sees a candy machine]
‣ Pell-Mell - Sam Spence [pushing buttons on machine]
‣ ? [SpongeBob reaches toward the candy bar]
‣ Deadline - Sam Spence [SpongeBob goes to the bus station]
‣ Hawaiian Cocktail - Richard Myhill [329th in line]
‣ On the Beach - Kapono Beamer [clock ticking]
‣ Menace from the Deep - Robert Cornford [lights turned off]
‣ Death Trap - Gregor F. Narholz [someone approaching]
‣ Royal Hawaiian Hula - Kapono Beamer [SpongeBob's balloon travel home]
‣ Honolulu March - Hans Haider [ending]
*On the Season 1 DVD, Mavericks is replaced with "El Dementia" by The Surfdusters.
Release
- This episode is available on The Best of SpongeBob SquarePants, Complete 1st Season, First 100 Episodes, and Glove World Forever! DVDs.
Reception
- As of February 13, 2017, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB) gives this episode a rating of 9.2/10 based on 399 ratings by users.[1] TV.com users give this episode a rating of 9/10 based on 210 votes.[2]
- "Rock Bottom" was ranked #79 during the Best Day Ever event from November 9–10, 2006.
Trivia
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- The title card is similar to the one used for "Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost."
- This episode marks the first appearance of Glove World!
- Residents of Rock Bottom all speak by blowing a raspberry (sound made while sticking out your tongue) in between words. When SpongeBob tries to speak normal to the fish at the bus station, the fish could not understand his "accent" until SpongeBob starts to blow his tongue to speak.
- Rock Bottom's other areas are never shown and remain unknown. SpongeBob only stays near the bus stop, bus station, and the entrance road, not going any further. Though, in some video games, such as Battle for Bikini Bottom and SpongeBob's Boating Bash, Rock Bottom's other locations and sights are shown.
- The opening credits for this episode are in light blue instead of the regular navy blue.
- This is one of the seven episodes in which the 1986 Paramount logo is plastered with the 2002 Paramount logo. The others are "Help Wanted," "Squeaky Boots," "F.U.N.," "Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost," "Employee of the Month," and "Karate Choppers."
- Close to the cliff is a public toilet with a ? and a ¿. It's unknown which gender belongs to which bathroom.
- Since the one-eyed creature who was also the bus station employee came out of the one with the ¿ and had a male voice, it could be hinted that ¿ is for males and ? is for females.
- The fish who works at the Rock Bottom Bus Station who give schedules of when the buses are coming, is the same fish who stole SpongeBob's Kelp Nougat Krunch candy bar from the vending machine.
- As the bus carries SpongeBob and Patrick descends down the cliff face, the dramatic incidental music is from the song "Whirlpool," performed by the Detroit, Michigan surf band The Volcano.
- In the level "Rock Bottom" from Battle for Bikini Bottom, when the player first starts this level and runs towards the Kandy Machine near the bus stop, a bus will drive up, stop at the bus stop for a second, and then continue driving. This is a reference to the incident in this episode.
- The Dutch title of this episode is "Wachten op de Bus," which translates to "Waiting For The Bus."
- The bus stop sign reads "BUZ" with a "Z" at the end instead of an "S" at the end. The vending machine sign has a "K" replacing the "C," and the "N" is backwards.
- The buttons that SpongeBob presses for a Kelp Nougat Crunch are A-B-E-F-A-C-F-E-C.
- Rock Bottom is one of the few cities in the series besides Bikini Bottom. More can be seen here.
- This episode marks the first mentioning of Grandpa SquarePants, when SpongeBob imitates him. However, his first actual appearance (in a thought bubble) is in "The Sponge Who Could Fly."
- Rock Bottom later appears in Employee of the Month video game.
- The citizens of Rock Bottom are based on deep-sea animals, and Rock Bottom is apparently a deep-sea trench.
- The ninety-degree slope is probably meant to be a continental slope.
- There is an online game based on this episode called Bikini Bottom or Bust.
- In the Croatian dub, this episode is titled "Dno Dna" or "Bottom Floor."
- When SpongeBob says the extreme darkness is "advanced darkness," this is accurate since Rock Bottom is a deep sea trench, and it's too far below the surface for light to reach.
- Running gags: Whenever SpongeBob sees a bus and tries to run up to it, it quickly drives off and Nat getting hit with a balloon.
- SpongeBob apparently left his glove hat behind when he returned to Bikini Bottom.
- Although Rock Bottom only appears in two episodes, it appears as a stage location in many SpongeBob video games.
- This episode inspired the 2008 roller coaster SpongeBob SquarePants Rock Bottom Plunge, at the Mall of America in Bloomington, MN.
- This episode premiered on Dee Snider's 45th birthday.
- This episode, along with "Arrgh!," as well as "Valentine's Day/The Paper", rarely airs on the British Nicktoons.
- Due to the text seen, and the strange accent, it's possible that Rock Bottom uses a different language than the normal english accent and language.
- This is the only episode to date that ends with a bubble transition.
- This is the first time where Squidward does not appear in both episode segments.
- On the old Nickelodeon website, this episode was falsely listed as "The Bus."
- In this episode, SpongeBob notices that his shoe is untied and ties it. However, in a future SpongeBob episode, "Your Shoe's Untied," he has forgotten how to tie his shoes and mentions that his shoes haven't been untied since SpongeBob was an egg. It is possible that "Rock Bottom" takes place after this episode.
- In Croatian dub, the episode's title is "Dno Dna," which translates to "The End of the End."
Cultural references
- This episode is similar to Stephen King's 1980 short story Crouch End.
- When SpongeBob imitates Grandpa SquarePants, he both looks and sounds like Grandpa Phil from Hey Arnold!
Errors
- At the beginning of this episode, when SpongeBob says, "Another funtastic day at Glove World!," his lips don't move when he says "Glove World!"
- If the scene when SpongeBob and Patrick are boarding the bus is played frame-by-frame, SpongeBob's right arm is missing, but appears for a brief moment.
SpongeBob's arm is missing.
- The second time when SpongeBob checks for money in his pants, the pocket is fully brown.
- When SpongeBob and Patrick get on the bus from Glove World!, SpongeBob doesn't have fifty cents for bus fare, butbwhen hr is in Rock Bottom, he is seen putting two coins that read "25" on them in a candy bar vending machine.
- When the bus heads toward Rock Bottom, SpongeBob says, "I think we're on the wrong—Aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh!—bus!," but the captions exclude it and just say "bus."
- Nickelodeon UK keeps the original captions.
- When SpongeBob screams "Fish paste!," the original captions read "Fish face!" **Nickelodeon UK keeps the original captions.
- SpongeBob says "Mmmmmmmm... Kelp Nougat Crunch" when looking at the vending machine, but the original captions say "Mmmmmmmm... Kelp Nugget Crunch."
- Nickelodeon UK keeps the original captions.
- When SpongeBob looks at the vending machine, it's facing him, but when he is choosing the candy he wants, it's facing the opposite side of the road at a 90 degree angle.
- When SpongeBob tells Patrick "50¢," Patrick says "Nope" (he does not even have that much money). Regular closed captions excluded Patrick's line and it is quite hard to hear.
- When SpongeBob yells at the man at the bus station, a sign that reads "Information" can be seen above the window, but when the lights shut off, the sign disappears.
- When SpongeBob and Patrick arrive at Rock Bottom, there is no candy machine.
- When SpongeBob and Patrick get on the bus, there is a fish sleeping on one of the seats, but when they arrive at Rock Bottom, he is gone.
- The information fish says that the next bus left in five seconds, but it came and went, which means that was only one second (although bus schedules aren't always reliable).
- When SpongeBob looks for a bus schedule, he has his balloon, but when he chases after the bus, the balloon is not in his hands. Then, in the next scene, he has his balloon again.
- When SpongeBob tries to find a way out after seeing the weird creatures exiting the bathrooms, he has his glove balloon, but when running for the bus that Patrick had entered, the balloon is gone.
- When SpongeBob is first seen dialing the letters on the candy machine, the sign titled "BUZ" disappears. It reappears in the next scene.
- When SpongeBob chases the bus (after pushing the candy bar like a pedal), his running animation shows him running forwards. However, he actually runs to the side.
- When SpongeBob throws his glove hat on the ground, it disappears a bit later.
- When SpongeBob is at the bus station in the dark, he has his glove light. When he leaves the bus station and starts heading towards the cliff, the glove light is gone.
- When Patrick tells SpongeBob "The bus is here!," he somehow has the 50¢ needed to ride the bus even though he had already told SpongeBob he has no money.
- When the cardboard SpongeBob is at the candy machine, it does not appear smiling, but when it falls, the cutout is.
- Instead of the tumbleweed being red, it's green in this episode.
- When SpongeBob walks across the street back to the vending machine, he looks behind him to see if the bus came, but SpongeBob actually is looking at where he was standing at.
- When the red fish blows up SpongeBob's balloon, he says it had enough AIR. However, they live underwater.
- When the bus stops in Rock Bottom, the bubbles behind it freeze in mid-air.
- When SpongeBob eats his glove candy, he spits out right next to him, but when he comes back from trying to get a candy bar, it disappears.
- When SpongeBob notices his shoes are untied, the shoelaces are black, compared to the normal white.
- The distance between the bus stop and when the road goes up varies between scenes.
- When SpongeBob falls asleep while waiting in line at the bus station, it shows a clock that has two "3"s on it.
- Thaddeus' arms look shorter.
- At the end of the episode, when SpongeBob's balloon pops, pieces of it lay on the ground, but in the next shot, the pieces are gone.
- The storyboard artists are not credited in this episode. Only the storyboard directors are credited.
- This also happens in a few other early episodes.
- When SpongeBob chases after the bus Patrick is in, the exit in Rock Bottom is a greater distance away than it was in the prior scenes.
- In one scene when SpongeBob is sneaking up on the bus, his holes are missing.
- In the bus station, when the lights turn off, the !ИFθRNNA|-'iθИَ sign disappears, but a few scenes later, it reappears.
- When the bus first stops in Rock Bottom, SpongeBob has his clothes on. Yet in the previous scene, his overclothes and underwear are ripped off in the force.
References
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